ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,408, issued on May 12, was assigned to JFE STEEL Corp. (Tokyo).

"High-strength cold-rolled steel sheet, high-strength coated or plated steel sheet, method of producing high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet, method of producing high-strength coated or plated steel sheet, and automotive part" was invented by Yuji Tanaka (Tokyo), Masaki Tada (Tokyo), Yuki Toji (Tokyo), Shinsuke Komine (Tokyo), Yoshie Obata (Tokyo) and Yusuke Kimata (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet comprises: a chemical composition that contains C, Si, Mn, P, S, N, Al, Ti, Nb, and B with a balance consisting of Fe and inevitabl...